Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst

Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst
Studio album by
Mentallo & The Fixer
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2007 (2007-01-19)
Genre
Length73:32
LabelAlfa Matrix
ProducerGary Dassing
Mentallo & The Fixer chronology
Commandments for the Molecular Age
(2006) 		Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst
(2007) 		A Collection of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered
(2012)
Alternative cover
Box set cover
Box set cover

Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst is the eighth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on January 19, 2007 by Alfa Matrix.[1][2]

Reception

Marc Tater of Chain D.L.K. awarded Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst four out of five stars and praised the album for "presenting the very own multi-layered and complex style Gary likes to create and is known for."[3] Release Magazine gave the album eight out of ten, called the band "the sound of things to come" and said "oscillations run wildly through aural fields littered with rich textures and arrpegiations which begin and end in chaotically irrational patterns."[4] I Die:You Die found the album to be a "mixed success", criticizing it's incoherence while saying "it's never boring certainly, and has some truly fantastic passages."[5] Industrial Reviews gave the album three stars out of five and praised the dense complexity of the writing but noted that the melodic verve that former member Dwayne Dassing brought to the band's compositions is missing from the album.[6] Terrorverlag commended the psychedelic and brutal composition structures and commented that the band rarely becomes dull.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Dassing

No.TitleLength
1."Once Upon a Time"2:57
2."Outside the Pharmacies of Fairyland"10:52
3."Amigdula"14:16
4."Very Sudden Onset of Incoherence"10:59
5."Brute Force Uploading"5:45
6."Coming Apart Perfectly"4:43
7."Felt So Good That I Cried"7:14
8."First Flower After the Flood"10:32
9."Commandments for the Molecular Age"6:14
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Brute Force Uploading" (Intravascular Terror)10:08
2."Coming Apart Perfectly" (Psychoactive Cacti)13:54
3."Brief But Violent Illness" (Tripping Over the Bleeding Edge)13:12
4."Commandments for the Molecular Age" (Sacramental)8:34
5."Russian Roulette With a Research Chemical" (Waking to the Sound of a Blood Pressure Cuff)17:04

Personnel

Adapted from the Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst liner notes.[8]

Mentallo & The Fixer

Additional performers

  • John Bustamante – additional vocals (5)

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Belgium 2007 Alfa Matrix CD, DL am1076cd
AM-2076-DCD
2014 DL

References

  1. ^ "Mentallo & the Fixer: Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Zlaya Zgombic, Zlatko (August 28, 2017). "Mentallo and The Fixer – Rearranging Molecules: Interview With Gary Dassing of Mentallo and The Fixer". Wire Trap. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Tater, Marc (January 8, 2007). "Mentallo & The Fixer]: Enlightenment Through A Chemical Catalyst". Chain D.L.K. Musik & Media. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Marks, Peter (January 23, 2007). "Mentallo & The Fixer: Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst". Release Magazine. Musik & Media. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Matt (February 17, 2012). "The Pitch: Mentallo and The Fixer's "Enlightenment..."". I Die:You die. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Lic (November 11, 2008). "Mentallo and The Fixer: Commandments For The Molecular Age". Industrial Reviews. Leo Levin. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Handl, Ralf (December 27, 2006). "Mentallo and The Fixer – Enlightenment through a Chemical Catalyst". Terrorverlag: Alternative Music Webzine. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst (booklet). Mentallo & The Fixer. Brussels, Belgium: Alfa Matrix. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)